iTunes killed the album

While the MySpace Music launch has received most of the attention this week, UK newspaper, The Telegraph has posted an article covering a new backlash faced by the very popular iTunes service.

According to the report, many artists are unhappy with Apple's policy of providing individual tracks for all albums, arguing that their material should be taken in as an album rather than a la carte singles.

Guy Garvey of Elbow, says:

"iTunes is responsible for the death of the album. The album is a piece of work that we laboured over and not a bunch of downloads flung together to satisfy a contractual demand.

What do you think? Do bands have the right to dictate how you buy their CD? Do albums matter?